GRACE PLACE COMMUNITY CHURCH MEMBERS VISIT TROPICAL RANCH BOTANICAL GARDENS.

November 20 brought car pooling ladies and gentlemen from the Grace Place to Tropical Ranch Botanical Gardens. The weather could not have been better for them to see the plants showing off their winter blooms.

Diane Rexroad and Jim Haines, owners of TRBG, greeted the group. Afterward, Nicky Campbell, the volunteer tour leader, led them on a tour throughout the garden. These folks were very impressed with the wide variety of plants and how these plants were used in very different settings in the ten theme gardens. Sharing their spectacular garden with interested and enthusiastic visitors is its own reward for the couple who put in long hours maintaining the three acres that comprise TRBG. Both Rexroad and Haines are Martin County Master Gardeners with the University of Florida, and they preach the gospel of gardening: "put the right plant in the right place."  Submitted by Nicky Campbell and June Marsden